Youāll probably find most of them here, if not just google it
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Really like that site when you ignore their more infomercial or buzzfeed type articles 
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Hi All,
New(ish) to investing, Iāve been paper trading for a while but still not quite live. I was following many of the common the US ETFs in my watchlist and doing a nice enough job of papaer trading them but when I started to make the move to go live I came across the restrictions on retail traders based in the Europe in regards to US ETFs 
Does anyone have any recommendations, or perhaps they could point me in the direction of a useful resource on the popular European ETFs? Also anything they rate within the world of S & P500 trackers so I can better inform myself. Iāve done some homework already but Iām still a little dicombobulated.
Thanks!
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I like to use www.justetf.com to find the cheapest ETFs available to me as an investor in the UK. For the US market I like the Vanguard S&P 500, or the iShares Core S&P 500 or the new Invesco S&P 500. Iām not sure about the new Lyxor Core Morningstar US Equity ETF. Itās the cheapest and tracks slightly more shares, but Iām not sure on what the US withholding tax situation is for ETFs not domiciled in Ireland.
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This isnāt exactly a beginner question, but I canāt begin to invest with Freetrade until I find the answer. What is Freetradeās definition of a āUS Personā with regard to their terms and conditions? As a permanent UK resident (and citizen) I qualify as not a US Person according to Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933 in Section 902(k)(1). However, as a US citizen I do qualify as a US Person according to Internal Revenue Code Section 7701(a)(30) and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The more enlightened share brokers in the UK allow permanent UK residents that are US citizens to open and operate accounts, but the majority apply a blanket ban on all US citizens, even if they fully comply with all HMRC, IRS and US Department of the Treasury reporting requirements. I dearly hope that Freetrade are one of the enlightened few, thanks!
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Thatās a hell of a question for a Friday night Jeff!
Hope you get an answer.
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Whatās the difference between an Exchange Traded Fund and an Exchange Traded Company, and why does the latter not need a Key Information Document in app? This is in relation to Physical Gold in the app, just to add some context
Regretting my decision not to use acronyms 
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ETF contains many companies in its portfolio, whereas ETC is just a commodity traded on an exchange as @Elettric kindly corrected.
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Itās an iShares thing 
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My reading skills deteriorate after 11 pm on Fridayā¦
How do you even notice these tiny things? 
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Pure skill 
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I thought they were called Exchange Traded Commodity. I will look more into it. 
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Would explain why thereās no KID, as itās the commodity exchange itās tracking rather than a few gold selling companies
(If thatās what itās doing)
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Every time I think Iāve understood something but then more information is postedā¦
Thanks for the KID link, that helps 
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The way I understand it, a Key Information Document ( KID ) is required for any packaged investment, so where you are not holding the investment directly.
With ETCās you are not buying the commodity itself so a KID is needed. Same with ETFās you are not buying the stocks directly so a KIDās required.
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Ā£2 there and back, sold. How about the alpha account, what kinda pricing does it have?
thanks Emma, do you know if that 0.5% gov
charge is paid on US stocks?